14 launches in April 2022 — sortable by date with provider, vehicle, pad, and outcome.
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| Date (UTC) | Mission | Provider | Vehicle | Status | Pad | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 01, 16:24 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
| Apr 02, 12:41 UTC | Electron | Without Mission A Beat (BlackSky 16-17) | Rocket Lab | Electron | Success | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A | — |
| Apr 06, 23:47 UTC | Long March 4C | Gaofen-3 03 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 4C | Success | Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) | — |
| Apr 07, 11:20 UTC | Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2554 (Lotos-S1 #6) | Russian Space Forces | Soyuz 2.1b | Success | 43/3 (43L) | — |
| Apr 08, 15:17 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 1 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Launch Complex 39A | — |
| Apr 15, 12:00 UTC | Long March 3B | ChinaSat 6D | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 3B/E | Success | Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) | — |
| Apr 15, 18:16 UTC | Long March 4C | Daqi-1 (AEMS) | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 4C | Success | Launch Complex 9 | — |
| Apr 17, 13:13 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-85 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 4E | — |
| Apr 21, 17:51 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-14 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
| Apr 27, 07:52 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-4 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Launch Complex 39A | — |
| Apr 29, 04:11 UTC | Long March 2C | SuperView Neo 1-01 & 02 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 2C | Success | Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) | — |
| Apr 29, 19:55 UTC | Angara 1.2 | Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R) | Russian Space Forces | Angara 1.2 | Success | 35/1 | — |
| Apr 29, 21:27 UTC | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-16 | SpaceX | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Success | Space Launch Complex 40 | — |
| Apr 30, 03:30 UTC | Long March 11 | Jilin-1 HR-03D-04 to 07 & 04A | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Long March 11 | Success | Yellow Sea (launch location 3) | — |
Transporter 4 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Payload consists of two BlackSky Gen-2 high-resolution multi-spectral Earth observation satellites.
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 3 features a multi-polarized C-band SAR at meter-level resolution, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the CS-L3000B bus.
Lotos-S1 spacecraft is a part of the Liana constellation, designed for orbital electronic intelligence.
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a commander professionally trained by Axiom alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
ZX 6D (Zhongxing 6D, ChinaSat 6D) is a Chinese communications satellite based upon a DFH-4 bus. It is similar to ZX 6C launched in 2019. The Chinasat 6D satellite provides commercial communications services with twenty-five C-band transponders and supports high-quality and reliable uplink and downlink transmissions of programs for the radio and TV stations and cable TV networks. The satellite is being manufactured by CAST and will be launched onboard a CZ-3B/G2 launch vehicle.
China’s first satellite dedicated to comprehensive monitoring of the atmospheric environment, named Daqi-1, also known as Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite (AEMS) and developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) in Shanghai, is designed to operate in sun-synchronous orbit. Daqi-1 can monitor fine particle pollution like PM2.5, pollutant gases including nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone, as well as carbon dioxide concentration. It combines both passive and active sensing, which can realize comprehensive monitoring of the atmospheric environment in a better way, according to a chief designer with SAST. The detection accuracy of fine particles and carbon dioxide column concentration by Daqi-1 has reached the international advanced level, the chief designer said. The atmospheric detection lidar deployed on the satellite is also the world's first that is capable of detecting both atmospheric aerosols and carbon dioxide.
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
SpaceX Crew-4 is the fourth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
Commercial Earth observation satellites (~540 kg each) built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd., with resolution down to 0.5 meters.
Russian military radar satellite.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.